Cowards who always decline rematches should read this

The role of rematches

Rematches can be extremely valuable. They give you a chance to see how you improve over time and test your skills against the same opponents. If you keep declining rematches, you’re missing out on some important learning opportunities. Plus, if you only want to play rematches when you feel confident, you might end up in a bubble where you’re only facing players you can beat.

It leads to inflated ratings. How?

Avoiding losses: By saying no to rematches, you’re avoiding the risk of losing. Sure, it feels great to rack up wins, but those victories might not reflect your actual skill level.

False sense of skill: An inflated rating can trick you into thinking you’re better than you are. This can lead to some serious underestimating of your opponents in future matches and might hinder your strategy development.

What’s the big deal?

Misleading reputation: In the chess world, your rating is often what people see first. An inflated rating can give a misleading impression of your abilities, leading to mismatched games (that's why you sometimes people lose to a player 600elo lower, then cry about how they must have cheated)

The common excuses:

'I analyze all of my games after' ... Even bullet players I see use this excuse. Very funny

'I only have time for 1 game' ... Yeah yeah, we can see on your account you played multiple games after

'I like to always play a new opponent each game' .... Well this post is directly aimed at you.

'I only rematch if the game was close' ... Poor excuse as majority of your games should be close in your rating range

Everyone who always decline rematches are very timid at heart.... but I strongly suggest that you get out of your comfort zone and start facing your fears.

To the cowards in all rating range .... from 200 to 2700+

I bet that if you decide to respond to this post, you'll attack me instead of addressing the valuable points I made.

I’ve got to say, this is absolute comedy gold. Watching you spiral because people aren’t desperate for a rematch is priceless. Trying really hard to control my laughter here, you make it sound like skipping your rematch is a betrayal of chess itself. Keep up the noble crusade though This is way too entertaining.

I bet you read the title and dived straight to the comments....otherwise you wouldn't write a useless comment like this.

You should thank me for giving you an entertaining title...but I suggest that you actually read the post as well... there's some actual knowledge in it that cannot be denied

Oh, trust me, I got all the ‘knowledge’ I needed from your mini-essay on why everyone should bow down for a rematch. Watching you puff yourself up over online chess etiquette is entertainment in itself. But hey, thanks for the comedy. *Tries harder to control laughter*

You're the same joker who thinks that everybody that you play bullet with on chess.com is an AI, especially when they don't accept your worthless rematch.

My 'mini-essay' is targeted at any one who always decline rematches...nothing mentioned about bowing down.

Why are you trying to control your laughter over a post? It's that easy to get you chuckling?

I don’t like to play rematches

The post about AI wasn't just about rematches. I raised 4 points.

This post is directed at the actual humans who strictly decline rematches.

A 4 year old can see the difference between the 2

Then your ratings are inflated. I promise you that if you start accepting rematches you'll lose at least 400elo.

Test it out and see for yourself

Ah, thanks for clarifying, didn’t realize we were dealing with your master thesis on rematch etiquette versus AI conspiracies. But hey, congrats on cracking down on us ‘actual humans’ who don’t want to line up for Round 2. Maybe next time, include a flowchart so us ‘4-year-olds’ can keep up with your groundbreaking insights.

I’ve accepted rematches in teh past, and I’ve won and got more elo but not all I win

Doesn't mean that it will be the same as you grow. As you grow, you'll learn 'tricks' that you can use to win new players back to back....but if you play any of those players twice, your 'trick' might not be that effective again

Do you agree with anything at all in my mini essay?

The mental gymnastics from OP are more entertaining than the post itself.

Playing the same person does NOT help you improve. Period. Keep up the cope though lol

I don’t accept rematches because I have notifications that I want to answer

It definitely does. Read the post to see how.

Or go and do your own research... you don't have to take my word for it

Cool... then accept that your ratings are inflated by at least 400elo

.... after the rematch comes the tri-match, then the quad-match soon it becomes an endless circle, when you keep losing this rematches, then you inform chess.com support that you are playing the latest version of stockfish. Learn to loose with grace and move on.

Nothing in this post suggest that I don't lose with grace.

You should say that to the cowards, including yourself, who are scared to lose rematches.

Let’s play 2 blitz